Onward to Oliver Twist! So far, his mother died at his birth, and he's endured hunger at the orpanage-type-thing in around 20 pages.
However, I've been distracted from Oliver by the book Alas, Babylon, which is about the Russian's nuclear bombing of the U.S. during the "Cold" War. All of the major cities have been destroyed, all of New England and Florida put off limits, and the presidential succession line has reached all they way down to the Secretary of Health and Education; much more interesting than a small orphan boy, in my opinion. It comes with my high recommendation.
WEll THATS not really a "cold" war is it rex
ReplyDeleteWho wrote it? And yes, it does sound far more interesting than orphans.
ReplyDeleteIt's by Pat Frank, that's why it's in quotation marks, Andy. :)
ReplyDeleteBy the end of the book, the U.S. has won the war, but has been reduced to a secondary power at best, and is receiving help from places like Brazil and Indonesia.